Batman & Robin

It is a sequel to Batman Forever, which was based on the 1995 film Batman Forever.

• Title — Batman & Robin • Developer — Probe Entertainment • Publisher — Acclaim Entertainment • Producer — Peter Jones • Designer — Matt Nagy • Programmer — David Shea • Artist — Guy Mills • Composer — Tim Follin • Series — Batman • Platforms — PlayStation, Game.com • Genre — Action-adventure • Modes — Single-player

The game uses elements of a sandbox style game, such as real-time events, traffic simulation, and civilian population. The player can choose one of the film's three heroes, Batman, Robin or Batgirl. Each character uses a unique vehicle. Batman drives the Batmobile, Robin the Redbird motorcycle and Batgirl uses the Batblade. In the game, the player travels around Gotham City and completes various individual missions, such as preventing Mr. Freeze from robbing a bank. Most of the events are not triggered; instead, each event occurs at a certain time. For example, Mr. Freeze's bank robbery occurs at 7 p.m. The player must find clues and discover the plot with the help of the Batcomputer. If the player cannot find enough clues, the event occurs, failing the mission. Some situations are derived directly from the plot of the film, while others were conceived for the game.

Acclaim originally scheduled Batman & Robin for release in the third quarter of 1997, in order to coincide with the film's theatrical release. Acclaim chairman and CEO Greg Fischbach commented on the decision to delay the game until 1998: "We recently told analysts that we might take a small loss this financial quarter because we chose not to release product that we felt wasn't done. I'm talking about Forsaken and Batman and Robin. Now, the old Acclaim may have pushed these products into the marketplace and wouldn't have dreamed of saying to Wall Street, 'We're sorry, but we're not going to be profitable this quarter.' So this is a new stance for us."